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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 9

486. Canteens may be let by the O.C. to a person or persons who will enter into a contract for the proper supply of liquor to the members of Defence Forces so assembled, except in districts where no-license has been carried.

487. All fees received from the contractor for the right to establish such canteen shall be expended in the reduction of the cost of providing food at such camps.

488. Every canteen is to remain closed between 10 p.m. and 10 a.m. daily; also during the hours of Divine service on Sundays, and at such other times as may be deemed necessary.

489. A picket is invariably to be detailed for duty at the canteen to preserve order, and the canteen shall be frequently inspected by the officers of the day to see that no irregularity takes place.

490. Canteens being established for the exclusive use and convenience of the Defence Forces, civilians or other persons in plain clothes are not to be served by canteen tenants unless in the company of a member of the Defence Forces in uniform. On Sundays no person in plain clothes is to be admitted to the canteen.

491. No gambling shall be allowed in the canteen, and no intoxicating or malt liquors of any description shall be served to any one appearing in the slightest degree to be intoxicated.

492. A scale of charges shall be posted in one or more conspicuous positions in the canteen.

493. All liquors and stores on sale shall be subject to inspection by the O.C. or medical officer at any time, and these officers may forbid the sale and order the removal of any articles they may consider to be of bad or inferior quality.

494. Every canteen tenant shall, when practicable, obtain a conditional license under the Licensing Act for the time being in force. Where, however, the absence of any such license is satisfactorily accounted for to the O.C. the District, a canteen may be held upon such conditions as the O.C. may determine, subject to the provisions of these regulations.

495. In cases of disorderly behaviour, or for other cause that may appear sufficient to the O.C., the canteen may be closed absolutely at any time by order of such officer, and the canteen tenant shall have no claim for compensation for any loss sustained by reason of such closing.

INTERNAL ECONOMY OF VOLUNTEER UNITS OR COMPANIES.

496. In every Volunteer unit or company the officers and two N.C.Os. shall form the finance committee for the management of the affairs of the unit or company, of which the O.C. will be the treasurer.

497. Every Volunteer unit or company shall have one general meeting in the first month of each Volunteer year, at which the O.C. and committee shall produce and explain the accounts of the unit or company for the approval of the meeting. A copy of the statement of accounts shall be posted in the orderly-room, and be kept posted during the year.

498. The finance committee of a band shall consist of two officers commanding units or companies who shall be nominated by the O.C. the District, and the bandmaster or band-sergeant, who shall act in accordance with the provisions of the preceding regulation.

499. Non-efficient Volunteers shall be liable for the amount of the capitation that would have been paid to the unit or company had such non-efficient Volunteer been efficient. This amount, as well as any subscriptions unpaid, can be recovered by the O.C. the unit or company as a debt, as provided in section 57 of the Defence Act.

VOLUNTEER COMPANY RULES.

500. In order to give legal force to the rules proposed by a Volunteer unit or company for the management of its affairs, they must be submitted in duplicate by the O.C. the District to the Commandant for the approval of the Governor.

501. A model set of rules is given hereinafter for guidance, but other sets of rules will not necessarily be objected to.

502. Rules of Volunteer units or companies to be forwarded for submission shall be printed or typewritten on foolscap, and shall be transmitted in duplicate, one copy being for retention at headquarters, the other to be returned to the company.